[Image: silverbell flower]We have many trees recommended for South Louisiana landscapes. Some of these are common and known by home gardeners and green industry professionals, but there are great trees that are less known and underutilized. Here is a list.
Small
1. Two-winged Silverbell, Halesia diptera – small, native, flowering, deciduous
2. Roughleaf (swamp) dogwood, Cornus drummondii – small, native, deciduous
3. Tung Oil Tree, Aleurites fordii – small, exotic, flowering, deciduous
4. Devil’s Walkingstick, Arillia spinosa – small, native, flowering, deciduous
5. Japanese Persimmon, Diospyros kaki – small, exotic, fruiting, deciduous
6. Pawpaw, Asimina triloba – small, native, fruiting, deciduous
7. Red Buckeye, Aesculus pavia – small, native, flowering, early deciduous
8. Eastern Hophornbeam, Ostrya virginiana – small, native, deciduous
9. Common Persimmon, Diospyros virginiana – small, native, fruiting, deciduous
10. Deciduous Holly, Ilex decidua – small, native, deciduous, berries
Medium
11. Southern Sugar Maple, Acer barbatum – medium, native, deciduous
12. Red Bay, Persea barbonia – medium, native, evergreen
13. Big Leaf Magnolia, Magnolia macrophylla – medium, native, flowering, deciduous
14. Sawtooth Oak, Quercus acutissima – medium, exotic, deciduous
15. Chinese Pistache (pistachio), Pistacia chinensis – medium, exotic, deciduous
16. Blue Beech, Carpinus caroliniana – medium, native, deciduous
17. Sweetbay, Magnolia virginiana – medium, native, flowering, deciduous
18. Sassafras, Sassafras albidium – medium, native, deciduous
19. Winged Elm, Ulmus alata, medium, native, deciduous
20. Cedar Elm, Ulmus crassifolia - medium, native, deciduous
21. Fringe Tree, Chionanthus virginiana – medium, native, deciduous
Large
22. Black Gum, Nyssa sylvatica – large, native, early deciduous
23. Willow Oak, Quercus phellos – large, native, deciduous
24. Tuliptree (yellow poplar), Liriodendron tulipifera – large, native, deciduous
25. Baldcypress, Taxodium distichum – very large, native, deciduous
26. Sycamore, Platanus occidentalis – very large, native, deciduous
27. Longleaf Pine, Pinus palustris – large, native, evergreen
28. American Beech, Fagus grandifolia – large, native, deciduous
29. Cow Oak, Quercus michauxii – very large, native, deciduous
30. Spruce Pine, Pinus glabra – large, native evergreen
31. Burr Oak, Quercus macrocarpa – large, native (to Texas), deciduous
32. Hickory, Carya sp. – several large, native species, deciduous
33. Black walnut, Juglans nigra – large, native deciduous
34. Overcup Oak, Quercus lyrata – large, native, deciduous
35. White Oak, Quercus alba – large, native, deciduous
36. American Elm, Ulmus americana – large, native, deciduous
37. Cottonwood, Populus deltoides – large, native, deciduous